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Joshua Erlich

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · Jan 29

seen some folks asking about lawyers who help federal employees so:

1. obviously, you can call us. we'll try to fit you in considering ~everything~

2. go to MWELA.org. that's the plaintiff's employment bar association in the DMV. go to NELA.org nationally. search for lawyers who do federal work.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve been wondering about this. It seems completely arbitrary.

I’m exactly TRON age and I never even saw the first one.

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 9h

Pretty confused by how TRON became a big-budget movie franchise. Was it a bit hit when it came out? No. Did it become a big hit on video/TV? Also no. Do people have fond nostalgic memories of it? Eh kinda but not really. Was it secretly great and critically acclaimed? No again

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 9h

gotta be Greta, right? he’d lose his mind.

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 9h

The question is who winning the peace prize would piss Trump off the most?

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 11h

alice and chris, two posters with vital info

Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 12h

people who are always wrong. wrong about Biden, wrong about Newsom, wrong about Gaza, wrong about Democratic complacency in 2025, wrong about trans rights, wrong about Mamdani

all the same assholes. always wrong.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 12h

essentially no one looks worse in all this than Biden, followed closely by the tiresome, morally bankrupt blue wave scolds who shouted at all of us about how Biden couldn’t do anything

Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social · 13h

This week has confirmed my suspicion that Biden’s Middle East policies will look worse, and will be even more embarrassing for Democrats, with the passage of time.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 12h

you do have to parse the language a bit, but paragraphs 6 and 7 appear to be functionally unrelated and you have to presume this is the most damning version of the facts the prosecution can muster

clown show stuff

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 13h

I think it’s pretty easy to see the gap in the logical progression between paragraphs 6 and 7 that will doom the case.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 14h

NEW: Here's the two-count indictment against NY AG Letitia James. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 13h

not bad!

Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 13h

Currently leading CNN homepage:

DOJ indicts NY attorney general who defeated Trump in court

Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference in New York, on February 16, 2024, following a verdict against Donald Trump in his civil fraud trial.

She is the second Trump foe to be indicted in two weeks as the president continues to pursue charges against his opponents

Trump-loyalist brought charges after other attorneys voiced concerns

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 14h

“Mayor, describe what’s great about the modern NBA in one word.”

“Len Bias”

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 15h

ok but we’re seeing this as a problem?

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 15h

@notalawyer.bsky.social I think we figured it out

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 15h

holy shit

“Sam,” and in some cases, “Samuel” @insideoutside15.bsky.social · 15h

Put Eric Adams on Inside The NBA

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 15h

ok they’re merging the schools of real information into a school of artificial information?

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 15h

Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 15h

the court drops a new track, Not Well-Plead

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 15h

NEW: Federal judge dismisses Drake's defamation case against Kendrick Lamar storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The issue in this case is whether "Not Like Us" can reasonably be understood to convey as a factual matter that Drake is a pedophile or that he has engaged in sexual relations with minors. In light of the overall context in which the statements in the Recording were made, the Court holds that it cannot.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 15h

a photographer who does awesome work for bands and celebs took the current one, so I’m partial to it, but it’s very out of date

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 15h

I just want to shout out the person who took this post at face value. ilu bluesky weirdos.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 16h

I’m always saying this

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 16h

I’ll be honest, i have no idea what this is supposed to mean

Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 16h

everyone should support @autonomynews.co but important to remember you probably won’t look this good. i can’t help you with that.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 17h

shirt copped @susanrinkunas.com

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 17h

butterfly meme: is this the scientific method?

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 18h

Having met the man one time, he’s 100% standing on a stack of phone books in this pic

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 1d

I always think of the bit in the Mark Russell Flintstone’s run where the give the president a fake press room with fake news updates

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 1d

they tried to create something too cool for this earth

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Gosh @historygosh.bsky.social · 2d

The problem for the media is that Republicans in Disarray isn't alliterative.

Which is why I'm proud to launch the Scooby Doo's News Crews.

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